You know, while it's quite nice to have a good box, since I'm going to use it once, I can live with this being mildly inconvenient.
If the recharge socket was in an inconvenient place, or it was easy to accidentally press the power button, I'd see the issue. This will be a problem again and again.
I'm sure they're great, but I've never head an Apple user wax lyrical about the packaging, and these people not exactly shy about extolling the virtues of their gadgets. they have other things to get excited about.
The only people who need to unwrap a device of a specific type more than once a year or so are incurable gadget addicts, and reviewers. I'm not one of them.
But most books are inspired by earlier books. Robinson Crusoe is probably a better contender for a book that all books are copied from, since the concept of realistic fiction didn't really exist before then
This isn't a criminal trial. Casting doubt is not enough. We don't need the protection of "beyond reasonable doubt" because we don't get to punish anyone. We're trying to work out what we think happens. Even if we were, we'd assume that witness statements are true unless someone finds reason to suggest otherwise.
So what's your hypothesis? What do you think happened?
The "McLibel" case. McDonalds won on a number of points but not all of them. This was also under UK law which is universally agreed to be too strongly biased in favour of the plaintiff. Specifically, that the defendants would have to prove all of their allegations were true not to be found liable. there were 11 allegations made, including one that McDonalds promotes starvation in the third world, and exploits children in its advertising.
I dare say McDonalds will shy away from another expensive libel case. While they may have prevailed in court, it's not true that they won. They spent tens of thousands, possibly millions, suing people who had no money, and won £40,000 which they were never going to collect. More importantly, this was a PR disaster.
Yeah, sure. All current tablets are copied, at least in part, from the iPad. Because is someone has a successful product, you'll want to do something similar.
Apple copied from others. We all copy each other. This way, things evolve. We learn from each other.
The point is that there's an argument that he's not impartial. He very likely is, but it would waste everyone's time if someone wanted to make the argument, and any other judge is likely to come to much the same decision as he is, assuming he is impartial.
Really, I think the breakthrough will be better energy density. Even the best batteries only have about 5% of the energy density of something like vegetable oil, and chemical fuels have other advantages such as requiring smaller changes to existing infrastructure, and replacing burned oil is faster than electric recharge.
Fuel cells might be an answer though. Especially if they use a more convenient fuel than hydrogen.
The claims and the description explain what the patent actually is.
However, this is Slashdot, so we'll have countless posts explaining that there are already methods for displaying lists, completely missing the point of the patent and how the patent system works.
I was wondering the same thing. We're given the impression that this all happened in silence, which it obviously didn't. Presumably the employees said something. Presumably this was in French. No idea how fluent the blogger was in French, whether the letter was written in English or French, and whether the McDonalds Employees spoke English.
My speculation is that the employee was sent by the manager who felt that this unusual behaviour was a bit weird.. Was asked to ask about the headgear. He asked. Reported back. The manager wasn't satisfied, and felt he needed backup, and decided to confront the odd person.
It could work as a sort of low cost low capacity high speed rail. While the cost of high speed road is comparable to that of high speed rail, roads can also be used by ordinary cars.
I think you're right. Could be a demand for this in the middle East, where there are plenty of people with fast cars. Have a dedicated lane with a minimum speed limit, and go from Riyadh to Jedah in 3 and a half hours.
Apple products are all about cool. It's basically what Apple's marketing is all about. They have "cool" products. As such, the design is designed to be cool. That's apple's distinctive selling point.
If a design is similar, but lacks the coolness, then it lacks the distinctive selling point that makes it an iPad. It's just something that happens to look similar.
It's demonstrably less cool. Not demonstrably inferior.
The thing is, there's no argument that Apple products are inherently stylish. Anyone who thinks "cool" matters will go for the iPad.
Nobody chooses Android over Apple because it's cooler. They do so because they like the apps, or because they believe in slightly less closed platforms, or because they prefer the way it works, or because they see the iPad as hipsterish (where being "cool" is actually harmful).
Probably. An important aspect of the portability is that you can get it for even the most low power devices - even the tiny devices used on smart cards.
But nobody was, and this isn't surprising. Pyrotechnics people have a very belt-and-braces approach to safety. If you're going anywhere near the explosives, the power is off.
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You know, while it's quite nice to have a good box, since I'm going to use it once, I can live with this being mildly inconvenient.
If the recharge socket was in an inconvenient place, or it was easy to accidentally press the power button, I'd see the issue. This will be a problem again and again.
I'm sure they're great, but I've never head an Apple user wax lyrical about the packaging, and these people not exactly shy about extolling the virtues of their gadgets. they have other things to get excited about.
The only people who need to unwrap a device of a specific type more than once a year or so are incurable gadget addicts, and reviewers. I'm not one of them.
Uhm.. No. Because they're not.
But most books are inspired by earlier books. Robinson Crusoe is probably a better contender for a book that all books are copied from, since the concept of realistic fiction didn't really exist before then
What do you think the piece of paper was?
This isn't a criminal trial. Casting doubt is not enough. We don't need the protection of "beyond reasonable doubt" because we don't get to punish anyone. We're trying to work out what we think happens. Even if we were, we'd assume that witness statements are true unless someone finds reason to suggest otherwise.
So what's your hypothesis? What do you think happened?
The "McLibel" case. McDonalds won on a number of points but not all of them. This was also under UK law which is universally agreed to be too strongly biased in favour of the plaintiff. Specifically, that the defendants would have to prove all of their allegations were true not to be found liable. there were 11 allegations made, including one that McDonalds promotes starvation in the third world, and exploits children in its advertising.
I dare say McDonalds will shy away from another expensive libel case. While they may have prevailed in court, it's not true that they won. They spent tens of thousands, possibly millions, suing people who had no money, and won £40,000 which they were never going to collect. More importantly, this was a PR disaster.
Your version seems most reasonable. Whether they articulated it so well is another question.
Also I'd say it was more a case of "It's weird and it's making me [the manager] uncomfortable".
Yeah, sure. All current tablets are copied, at least in part, from the iPad. Because is someone has a successful product, you'll want to do something similar.
Apple copied from others. We all copy each other. This way, things evolve. We learn from each other.
Yeah. It's not lie Apple does business in Britain after all.
Oh wait...
The point is that there's an argument that he's not impartial. He very likely is, but it would waste everyone's time if someone wanted to make the argument, and any other judge is likely to come to much the same decision as he is, assuming he is impartial.
Or maybe he stepped down because he believed that given his comments, one might reasonably question his impartiality in this case.
Personally, while I agreed with him, I was amazed to read he actually said that.
Really, I think the breakthrough will be better energy density. Even the best batteries only have about 5% of the energy density of something like vegetable oil, and chemical fuels have other advantages such as requiring smaller changes to existing infrastructure, and replacing burned oil is faster than electric recharge.
Fuel cells might be an answer though. Especially if they use a more convenient fuel than hydrogen.
The claims and the description explain what the patent actually is.
However, this is Slashdot, so we'll have countless posts explaining that there are already methods for displaying lists, completely missing the point of the patent and how the patent system works.
I was wondering the same thing. We're given the impression that this all happened in silence, which it obviously didn't. Presumably the employees said something. Presumably this was in French. No idea how fluent the blogger was in French, whether the letter was written in English or French, and whether the McDonalds Employees spoke English.
My speculation is that the employee was sent by the manager who felt that this unusual behaviour was a bit weird.. Was asked to ask about the headgear. He asked. Reported back. The manager wasn't satisfied, and felt he needed backup, and decided to confront the odd person.
Here we have the mysterious step 4.
A "Christian Scientist" isn't typically simply a scientist who happens to be a Christian.
It's not like the telecoms companies would reduce bills if they got the bandwidth that teeny bit cheaper.
But even if they would, who cares!? The people paying ofr this ar e the ones who are benefiting, so they should damn well pay.
so, will you be switching development to non-hackable consoles such as the latest versions of Gameboy and PSP?
I find it hard to believe you're a game developer.
Was Namesys really that successful, or did he get his wealth some other way? $15 million is a fair bit of cash.
It could work as a sort of low cost low capacity high speed rail. While the cost of high speed road is comparable to that of high speed rail, roads can also be used by ordinary cars.
I think you're right. Could be a demand for this in the middle East, where there are plenty of people with fast cars. Have a dedicated lane with a minimum speed limit, and go from Riyadh to Jedah in 3 and a half hours.
Apple products are all about cool. It's basically what Apple's marketing is all about. They have "cool" products. As such, the design is designed to be cool. That's apple's distinctive selling point.
If a design is similar, but lacks the coolness, then it lacks the distinctive selling point that makes it an iPad. It's just something that happens to look similar.
Is the "coolness" a defining factor of what makes Harry Potter what it is?
This is about a community registered design. Not a patent.
In the US the dispute is about a design patent, but a design patent is different from a utility patent.
It's demonstrably less cool. Not demonstrably inferior.
The thing is, there's no argument that Apple products are inherently stylish. Anyone who thinks "cool" matters will go for the iPad.
Nobody chooses Android over Apple because it's cooler. They do so because they like the apps, or because they believe in slightly less closed platforms, or because they prefer the way it works, or because they see the iPad as hipsterish (where being "cool" is actually harmful).
Probably. An important aspect of the portability is that you can get it for even the most low power devices - even the tiny devices used on smart cards.
I know. Give me a nice sensibly named phone based off Ice Cream Sandwich instead.
But nobody was, and this isn't surprising. Pyrotechnics people have a very belt-and-braces approach to safety. If you're going anywhere near the explosives, the power is off.